“I believe that the objectives of the surprise check have been fully achieved.
The troops have demonstrated the ability to provide a reliable defense of the country.
In this regard, I decided to complete verification activities in the Southern and Western military districts, ”RIA Novosti quotes Shoigu as saying.
The minister set the task from April 23 to start returning troops to the points of permanent deployment, as well as to conduct a detailed analysis and summarize the results of a surprise check of the troops.
Earlier, Shoigu announced the growth of NATO military activity near the southern borders of Russia.
On April 22, interspecific exercises of the Armed Forces started at the Opuk Crimean training ground. More than 10 thousand servicemen, 1.2 thousand units of equipment took part in them, more than 40 warships and 20 support vessels were involved.